An Introduction To Social Networking

Friday, October 17, 2008

The sheer popularity of online socialising is what has made us
think we should bring you this book, and in the course of the
following chapters, we’ll be walking you through all you
need to know to get socialising and make hundreds of friends
online!You see it everywhere: for time immemorial, homo sapiens has
huddled together in groups. We are gregarious animals, and we’ve
become the dominant species on the planet much because of our
habit of sharing information—and our opposable thumbs (to keep
the biology majors silent).
So sit back and forget about the Internet for a while, and think
about it: it all started when barely-human apes learnt to hunt in
packs. Next was the discovery of fire, and our ancestors gathered
in front of fires for a millennium after that. Then came cities and
ships, and we traversed the globe, still huddled together for
warmth and that general feeling of goodness. We’ve hugged each
other excitedly at sports events, consoled each other in times of
misery, and continually found new ways to form cuddly, warm
groups of like-minded individuals. There’s always been a group
even the squarest of us can fit into—sort of like in a college can-
teen: the jocks sit together; the popular ones preen themselves at
one table while the unpopular ones look on in awe; the nerds chal-
lenge each other with Mensa trivia; the anti-establishmentalists
are busy spray-painting the loos. You get the picture...
Then came the computer.